Places to Explore

• Big Cypress National Preserve

  Through the 1950s and early 1960s the world's largest cypress-logging industry prospered in Big Cypress Swamp. As the industry died out, the government began buying parcels. Today, 729,000 acres, or nearly... (more)

• Biscayne National Park

  Occupying 172,000 acres along the southern portion of Biscayne Bay, south of Miami and north of the Florida Keys, this national park is 95% submerged, and its altitude ranges from 4 feet above sea level... (more)

• Everglades City

  Aside from a chain gas station or two, Everglades City is perfect Old Florida. No high-rises (other than an observation tower) mar the landscape at this western gateway to Everglades National Park, just... (more)

• Everglades National Park

  If you're heading across South Florida on U.S. 41 from Miami to Naples, you'll breeze right through the Everglades. Also known as Tamiami Trail, this mostly two-lane road along much of the route skirts... (more)

• Florida City

  Florida's Turnpike ends in Florida City, the southernmost town on the peninsula, spilling thousands onto U.S. 1 and eventually west to Everglades National Park, east to Biscayne National Park, or south... (more)

• Homestead

  In recent years Homestead has redefined itself as a destination for tropical agro- and ecotourism. Seated at the juncture between Miami and the Keys as well as Everglades National Park and Biscayne National... (more)

• Tamiami Trail

  An 80-mi stretch of U.S. 41 (known as the Tamiami Trail) traverses the Everglades, Big Cypress National Preserve, and Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. The road was conceived in 1915 to link Miami... (more)